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National Gallery of Art

1,161 works

Pen and red chalk drawing of draped standing figures and a reclining nude, with sketched studies of legs and arms.

Spectators Amazed

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1540

Daumier lithograph of an angry man in a top hat turning as children behind him throw snowballs in a snowy street.

Un Surveillant obligé de fermer l'oeil...

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Etched portrait of an elderly woman in a cloth headdress, looking down, with the inscription Rembrandt f. 1633.

The Artist's Mother in a Cloth Headdress, Looking Down

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Woodcut of a hunchbacked man in a plumed hat with a sword, pointing toward a windmill and cottages on the horizon.

Hunchback Gazing at a Windmill

H. Numan after Jacques Callot

Lithograph of a bearded sign painter in a cap working at an easel with palette and brush, seated on a stool in a studio.

The Sign Painter (Le Peintre d'Enseignes)

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

Etching of two laden mules in the foreground, with a herdsman driving cattle across a grassy landscape at right.

Two Mules

Woodcut-style print of a hunchbacked man striding forward brandishing two curved swords beside a small house.

Hunchback Brandishing Two Swords

H. Numan after Jacques Callot

Engraving of standing saints including a bishop with a city model, a Virgin and Child roundel, and a helmeted figure with a b

Patron Saints of Bologna

Giacomo Francia, c. 1515/1520

Engraving of a nude woman seated with a harp and a lute beside her, inside a circular frame, dated 1544.

Woman with a Harp

Georg Pencz, 1544

Woodcut-style print of a hunchbacked man in a feathered hat playing a lute beside a small house.

Hunchback Playing a Lute

H. Numan after Jacques Callot

Lithograph of a woman with closed eyes resting her head against a child's head, drawn in soft brown tones.

Maternity (Maternite)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1912

Pencil drawing of two young women in a woodland setting, one standing by a large tree and one seated on the ground.

Two Girls in a Landscape

Attributed to George Frost

Brown ink and wash sketch of a baptism scene with a standing nude figure and a draped figure pouring water over his head.

Sketch for a Baptism of Christ

Palma il Giovane

Circular two-tone woodcut of Saint Cecilia with a lute, a winged angel, and a putto against hatched shading.

Saint Cecilia

Attributed to Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino, first half 16th century

Etching of a crowd of raised arms and tools surging forward, with a dark banner at right and a pale flying figure above.

Revolt (Aufruhr)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1899

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin crowned in heaven by Christ and God the Father, with angels and saints below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Palma il Giovane, 1585

Etching of a kneeling young man with a staff, hand to his face, beside a trough where two pigs feed.

The Prodigal Son, 1st plate (L'enfant prodigue)

Alphonse Legros

Circular engraved print of a Bacchic procession with satyrs, putti, animals and foliage framing a blank central circle.

Triumphal Procession of Bacchus

Jonas Silbert, 1572-1589

Pen and brown wash drawing of travellers resting among crumbling Roman ruins, a tall tower and distant city in an oval frame.

Travellers among Roman Ruins

Etching of tall trees along a riverbank with a figure in a small boat at the lower left.

Trees at Water's Edge (Les arbres au bord de l'eau)

Alphonse Legros

Circular engraving of two figures in a riverside landscape with a city, a willow, and a winged Cupid among clouds.

Apollo Pursuing Daphne

Jonas Silber, 1572-1589

Engraving of a winged angel and young Tobias walking through a wooded landscape with a river and distant hills.

Tobias and the Angel (The Large Tobias)

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide fur-brimmed hat and draped cloak, against a hatched background.

Joachim Patinir

Unknown artist, 16th century

Illuminated manuscript initial showing a seated bearded saint in a papal tiara holding a key, on gold ground with blue and re

Saint Peter Enthroned

Lippo Vanni, 1345/1350

Red chalk sketch of a standing man in a turban and loose coat holding a cane, with small study fragments on the right.

A Comic Actor Dressed as a Gentleman [recto]

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1729

Manuscript fragment with square chant notes on red staff lines, black gothic text, and a cut-out decorative border.

Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion

Unknown artist, third quarter 15th century

Peasant Woman with Basket, in Profile, Facing Left

Jacques Callot, 1621/1624

Illuminated initial with gold ground showing a bearded prophet in a red robe praying with clasped hands.

Praying Prophet

Lorenzo Monaco, 1410/1413

Etching of two shaggy dogs resting on the ground against a heavily hatched dark background.

Dog and Cat

Etching of two standing men in feathered hats, long coats and belts, with swords at their sides, on cream paper.

Officer, Front View

Jacques Callot, 1621/1624